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tainer in which it is enclosed or upon the article of food itself, with the
date of such removal, and such .marks, stamps and tags shall be prima facie
evidence of such receipt and removal and of the dates thereof. All articles
of food in any cold storage warehouse on June 1, 1916, shall, before being
removed therefrom, be plainly marked, stamped or tagged with the date
when this sub-title goes into effect and the date of removal therefrom.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 216. 1912, sec. 177P. 1916, ch. 163.

227. No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter keep or permit
to remain in any cold storage warehouse any article of food which has been
held in cold storage either within or without the state, for a longer aggre-
gate period than 12 months, except with the consent of the Director of the
State Board of Health as hereinafter provided. The Director of the State
Board of Health shall, upon application during the twelfth month, extend
the period of storage beyond 12 months for any particular article of food,
provided the same is found upon examination to be in proper condition for
further cold storage; The length of time for which such further storage
is allowed shall be specified in the order granting the permission. A report
on each case in which such extension of storage may be permitted, including
information, relating to the reason for the action of the Director of the
State Board of Health, the kinds and amounts of the articles of food for
which the storage period was extended, and the length of time for which
this continuance was granted, shall be filed, open to public inspection, in the
office of the Director of the State Board of Health, and shall be included
in its annual report. Such extension shall be not more than 60 days; a
second extension of not more than 60 days may be granted upon a re-
examination, but the entire extended period shall be not more than 120
days in all.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 217. 1912, sec. 177Q. 1916, ch. 163.

228. It shall be unlawful to sell, or to offer for sale, any article of
food which has been held for a period of thirty days or over in cold storage
either within or without the state, without notifying persons purchasing, or
intending to purchase, the same, that it has been so held by the display of a
placard plainly and conspicuously marked "Cold Storage Goods," on the
bulk mass or articles of food; and it shall be unlawful to represent or
advertise as fresh any article of food which has been held in cold storage
for a period of 30 days or over.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 218. 1912, sec. 177R. 1916, ch. 163.

229. It shall be unlawful to return to any cold storage warehouse any
article of food which has been once released from storage for the purpose of
placing it on the market for sale. It shall be unlawful to transfer any article
of food from one cold storage warehouse to another if such transfer is made
for the purpose of avoiding any provision of this sub-title, and such trans-
fer shall be unlawful unless all prior stampings, markings and taggings
upon, such article shall remain thereon.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 219. 1912, sec. 177S. 1916, ch. 163.

230. The Director of the State Board of Health may make all neces-
sary rules and regulations to carry this sub-title into effect. Such rules
and regulations shall be filed in the Director of the State Board of Health's
office, and shall not take effect until thirty days after such filing.